title: Endodontic treatment of hypertaurodontism with multiple bilateral taurodontism.
abstract: The term taurodontism is derived from the Latin word tauros, for "bull," and the Greek term odus, for "tooth," or "bull tooth." Taurodontism is a morpho-anatomical developmental anomaly, which is seen infrequently in teeth only. It is characterized by a deficiency in the constriction at the cement-enamel junction, with lengthened pulp chambers and apical displacement of the pulpal floor. This gives the tooth a quadrilateral or cylindrical look. This report presents a case of multiple bilateral taurodontism and the successful endodontic treatment of the tooth that had hypertaurodontism. A male patient was referred to the endodontic clinic with decayed left maxillary first molar. Hypertaurodontism was confirmed after clinical and radiographic examination. Panaromic X-rays revealed that all of the patient's molar teeth were taurodontic. Taurodontism offers challenges to the practitioner during shaping and disinfection and at the time of filling the root canals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Neslihan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Simsek
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keles
authors.forename: Mevlut Sinan
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ocak
keywords: Bilateral; endodontictherapy; hypertaurodontism